American Crime Episode 2.01 Season Two: Episode One
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American Crime Episode 2.01 Season Two: Episode One

Episode Premiere
Jan 6, 2016
Genre
Drama, Crime
Production Company
ABC Studios
Official Site
http://abc.go.com/shows/american-crime
Episode Premiere
Jan 6, 2016
Genre
Drama, Crime
Period
2015 - 2017
Production Co
ABC Studios
Distributor
ABC
Official Site
http://abc.go.com/shows/american-crime
Director
John Ridley
Screenwriter
John Ridley
Main Cast
  • Felicity Huffman as Barb Hanlon / Leslie Graham / Jeanette Hesby
  • Timothy Hutton as Russ Skokie / Nicholas Coates
  • Regina King as Aliyah Shadeed / Kimara Walters
  • Richard Cabral
  • Lili Taylor
  • Connor Jessup
  • Trevor Jackson as Kevin LaCroix
  • W. Earl Brown
  • Caitlin Gerard
  • Benito Martinez
  • Penelope Ann Miller
  • Elvis Nolasco
  • Johnny Ortiz
  • Joey Pollari
  • Angelique Rivera
Additional Cast
  • Andre Benjamin as Michael Lacroix
  • Faran Tahir
  • Sky Van Vliet
  • Osvaldo Fernandez
  • Andre Williams
  • Michael Seitz
  • Mone't Chandler
  • Adriene Misher
  • Chuck Huber
  • Christina Romero
  • Karina D. Smith
  • Jenna Juul-Hansen
  • Michael Gardner
  • James Shuffield

Issues of sexual orientation and socioeconomic disparity come to a roil when lurid photos of a high school boy, Taylor Blaine, are posted on social media following a school party.

After the shocking photos of Taylor are posted, circumstances become more complicated when he accuses two players on an elite private high school's championship basketball team -- Kevin LaCroix and Eric Tanner -- of drugging, assaulting and then posting the pictures of him online.

The team's head coach, Dan Sullivan, tries to unite the players while overlooking the dysfunction of his own family. Headmistress Leslie Graham struggles to maintain the school's reputation in the face of these accusations of privilege and cover up. Taylor's mother, Anne, remains a steadfast supporter of her son despite being publicly assailed by the school's wealthy families. Taylor's girlfriend, Evy, deals with racial tension at her own school, led by Principal Chris Dixon. And while the two schools at the center of the story are worlds apart in status, the lives of the students and teachers at both become inextricably linked.